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Green School Challenge Success Booklet 2014 Green Schools Challenge and WE-LAB 2014-2015 Success Stories Students Create the Future of our World Table of Contents Sustainable Behaviors 3 History of Dream in Green 3 Grants for Green Leadership: Students Implement Change 4 Summary of Results 5 Impact 5 Green Schools Challenge 5 GSC Top Scorers 1st Place – John I. Smith K-8 Center – Middle Learning Center 6 2nd Place – John F. Kennedy Middle School 7 3rd Place – Dante B. Fascell Elementary 8 GSC Finalists Hialeah Gardens High School 9 Pinecrest Elementary 9 Ojus Elementary 10 Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church School 10 Coconut Palm K-8 Academy 11 Aventura Waterways K-8 Center 11 WE-LAB Top Scorers 1st Place – Nautilus Middle 12 and Southwood Middle 13 Runner Up – Airbase K-8 Center 14 WE-LAB Finalists E.W.F. Stirrup Elementary 15 Eugenia B. Thomas K-8 Center 15 Palmetto Middle 16 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary 16 GSC - Independent School Winners 17 Palmer Trinity School Miami Country Day - Lower School GSC and WE-LAB Green Rising Stars 17 Monthly Challenge Winners 17 Green Game Changers - Student Leaders 17 Green Key Award - Facility Staff 18 Innovation in Education Award 18 Eco Summit Award 18 Mono CYMK - Dreen C100 M40 Y100 K40 SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIORS HISTORY OF DREAM IN GREEN Dream in Green (DIG) believes students and their schools Dream in Green (DIG) is a Miami-based 501c3 whose mission play a critical role in creating a more sustainable society. is to develop and implement environmental education Our programs address the challenges associated with programs that promote energy and water conservation, climate change and sea-level rise; and raise awareness environmental sustainability, and the use of renewable about global warming, energy use, and the consumption energy in the public and private sectors. Gradient Fill of fresh water resources. In 2006, the Miami-Dade County Public School (MDCPS) Thousands of students, school faculty and staff, and Board approved the Green Schools Challenge as a pilot parents who participate in either the Green Schools program and it was implemented in three high schools. Challenge (GSC) or the Water and Energy Learning and The following school year, DIG entered into a formal Behavior (WE-LAB) program for schools are spreading partnership with MDCPS and aligned the GSC curriculum the sustainability message in their communities. with the district’s Eco-Sustainability Plan. The GSC has seen constant growth since then reaching an all-time high of 165 Students are helping their families change behaviors at schools during the 2012-2013 school year. To date, 280 homes and are replacing showerheads and light bulbs unique schools have undertaken the challenge. for more efficient ones in order to reduce water and In 2013 DIG received a two year grant from the United electricity bills. GSC teachers are planning next year’s States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to design program and recruiting more members for their Green and implement the Water and Energy Learning and Team to ensure their schools conservs more energy, cut Behavior program, better known as WE-LAB. WE-LAB is the costs, and further reduce the district's carbon ‘graduate’ program for schools that have participated in the emissions. And WE-LABers are speaking with their GSC for more than three years. neighbors about the relationship between water and energy and the importance of recycling. The GSC now leads a sustainability curriculum in South Florida with an established nine year history of As more schools throughout the County implement the environmental education. There is no other program in the GSC and WE-LAB programs, groups of students, State of Florida that proposes a whole-system approach to teachers, school staff and parents are empowered to energy, water and resource efficiency at schools. develop sustainable practices that combat climate change. We would like to thank and congratulate the committed teams of teachers, facilities staff, administrators and students that participated in the 2014-15 Green Schools Challenge! Page 3 GRANTS FOR GREEN LEADERSHIP: STUDENTS IMPLEMENT CHANGE Dream in Green’s 'Grants for Green Leadership' program provides mini-grants to support the creation of GSC or WE-LAB activities at schools. The program allows students to take projects from concept to completion and become involved in the grant writing process. In addition, 'Grants for Green Leadership' empowers 5th through 12th grade students by allowing them to be leaders of green initiatives in their schools. This year, DIG awarded eight grants of $300 each. 2014-2015 Program Grantees 'Choose Tap Water' Campaign Recycling Drives OTHER Creative Food Truck Night Green Field Trips Activities in Trash-to-Treasure Projects Power House Experiments 2014-2015 Hike It! Bike It! Like It! Campaign Debris Free Island Green Eco-Lunches Green School Bathroom Models Page 4 SUMMARY OF RESULTS The 2014-2015 school year marked the ninth consecutive year of the GSC, and the second year for the WE-LAB program and Grants for Green Leadership initiative. One hundred fifteen K-12 schools in Miami-Dade County participated in the GSC program. Twenty five of those schools were chosen to implement WE-LAB. The GSC began in September with the Professional Development Training in which more than 80 teachers from first and second-year GSC schools learned how to implement the program. This successful training resulted in a dramatic increase in student participation. Green Teams were formed at each school and more than 12,600 students were actively involved in program implementation. Teachers came together again at the Mid-Year Meeting in January 2015 to share best practices and success stories. The year concluded with the Awards Ceremony on June 3, 2015, celebrating the collective efforts of teachers, students and the school community. IMPACT The 2014-2015 GSC and WE-LAB programs reached 97,150 students, and over 9,000 teachers, administrators, and facilities personnel. Over the course of the program’s nine years students have saved approximately $2.1 million in energy costs while conserving 20.1 million kilowatt hours of electricity through simple, low and no-cost solutions like turning off lights and unplugging electronics. The program also reduced 30.6 million pounds of carbon emissions equivalent (or CO2e) – which is the same as taking 1,910 homes off the electricity grid for an entire year. GREEN SCHOOLS CHALLENGE The Green Schools Challenge is a long-term, whole-system approach program that encourages students and staff from K-12 schools to implement environmental solutions through hands-on, low to no cost activities. They engage in a series of monthly challenges and learn about energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction and recycling, alternative transportation, green careers and green buildings. The program helps schools reduce energy and water costs as well as their carbon footprint, while practicing environmental sustainability. The lessons learned by students are shared at home, therefore expanding the program’s reach. Page 5 2014-2015 Green Schools Challenge Winner John I. Smith K-8 center - middle learning center Score: 70 Points | Member since 2012 HIGHLIGHTS ACTIONS Over the course of three years, John I. Smith K-8 Center – 1. Teachers set the example by turning lights off before Middle Learning Center has demonstrated time and time exiting a room again their commitment to the Green Schools Challenge. 2. The Green Team, faculty members and students The Falcons soared high this year! All their hard work and participated in a weekly recycling program enthusiasm paid off as we name them the winners of the 3. The Green Team used recycled items to put together an 2014 – 2015 GSC! Students, teachers and staff contributed art display to this accomplishment by completing the energy/water 4. Students created a Power Point presentation to walk-through survey, sharing information via newsletters, encourage others to save energy, conserve water, reduce posters and presentations, and displaying art pieces made waste and recycle from recycled materials. 5. One of their students created a board display about garbage decomposition SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT The Falcons Green Team rolled out a series of initiatives that In the school's Family and Consumer Sciences classes, created waves across the entire school. During the daily students were encouraged to apply the monthly morning announcements, students took turns to promote the challenges at home and in their communities. One water program to fellow classmates. They took the challenge up a conservation method promoted washing produce at notch and kicked off each month by sending an email to home in a container partially filled with water instead of teachers with information and links to video clips related to using running tap water. the different activities so they could share with their students. Page 6 2014-2015 Green Schools Challenge 2nd place John f. kennedy middle Score: 69 Points | Member since 2014 HIGHLIGHTS ACTIONS The JFK Falcons Green Team went beyond expectation while 1. Announcements were made every morning detailing implementing the Green Schools Challenge. Students were student-specific ways to save energy excited to participate in activities that made them school ambassadors on environmental issues. The Green Careers 2. Daily trash pick-ups around the school field and lunch area Challenge was very popular, encouraging students to research 3. Implemented a classroom recycling program careers many of them were unaware of and learning about the educational requirements. Students wrote public service 4. Created a “Choose Tap Water” campaign announcements, presented information on various topics and created posters to display around the school on ways that each 5. Collaborated with the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer student and their families can conserve water, reduce energy Department to develop a campaign to fix leaky faucets use and recycle. SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT To implement and promote their new recycling program, The JFK Green Team invited the Miami Dade Water and students designed recycling boxes for the teachers to use.
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